Telegram-herald., 1887-05-12
The Marquette Mystery Solved
by q Telegram-Heeald
Correspondent.
He Gains Admission TO the
Howell and Visits DOnahue.
The First Man DCnahue had
Spoken 70 10 Nine Years.
The Rsciuss SAYS - Vii Commit
Marder Rather than Leave the
house - 10 S4ss he stas
Fssart Disease 90 Ina
Mother Deranged.


MARlraIlz, 4aT 1.-The mysterious
Fiyal D3na5ls -sasaaoa was ussarthed
today 81 tAe F1LEaasa HsaALo corFs-
sDoadsnt. Wh0. after mach msnsuyeriDg.
.lcceedei in gaining an eairance % the
Donatue hove. and spending al hour Eith
tae rsciase. Iakrsnce DonaAue, Who untsl
today 1s nos spose1 iu nine years - hu-
man being skcept Flynn. hs Gucie, whom
TIE officers removed yesterday aud his
mother Nlo siill holds guard over The
house and rcues al lntrlzioos. The lacgs
ars stranger ln4n Lction, aud we're lt not
thal todags ievrloqmsCts have proved it
tfae the story E0uld 30 incredible Neile
the authorities qulboled over legal Ques-
ions and the air sss ft.i Ok rum0rs sacE as
the story that LaxFence b9nahur Vas Z
ragiug maniac. chained 10 the hoOc IA the
ssrret. l1ai The oil woman ~as . maniac
toat a terrible stencil Sas emitted from the
house md 10 doubt SOME one was dead in-
side. an a dozen other rumOrs equally
hornbie. your reVoFtef determined 10 wait
DO i0Dyer Tor Official action ou. 20 get a. the
facts. cost what they woaid. Al 10 O'cleck
this morning be knocked al tie irOnt door
OIL the mysterious howell but received 40 re-
sponse 0uI after much pounding and
kncckiug. The Amal0ni4a guardian OF the
recIusr maGe her appearance. She was
most violeni and repuislve. By joining her
ln cnrsIng the press tne reporter hnally
c0Oled her Oh aDt she became rational. she
sad h be would come a. clock and
come alone she would ler him 10. that he
coald oe the nrst nan Nko had seen her son
Tor nine years Sac c.aimsd that she
Nanted 10 clt her son = h4lE sl& nx him up
dtlie finiins ii impossible 70 gam en-
trance then, The repcuef retired With
ths promise % come 90 clOcS.
AT half past o'clock he pre-
senfsd himself at the 'front.' door.
xAich Was opened Just wide enough 10
admit him. No sooner inside than the bolt
shot into It's socket. tle lOck Was turned
and he vas PRISONER with great mystery
before hins. The house Vas neat and clean.
evidently having lgs1 been throughly clean
ed The Oid' woman had taken a bath.
douned a calico gogn aud was clean snd
respectable. She ed ths Way 70 the son >
room On the usst fOOr 'front.' and IN q mo-
ment the reporter stood face To face
With The man who had not passed
out the door for nearly ten years
Hs saw handsome. splendid built young
man. SIX feet two, weighing about 10
pounds and bit for 4 ghastly nslO, seemed
tl. embodiment OF heath. he was dressed
in black pantaloOus. blue sailor shirt aud
.sW shoes. Ills hair, which u iew hours
before nrns over bis shoulders. was cut
tzht 10 = spisn1ialy formed head and his
bright blls syes 0etOkened unusual intel.i-
geuco Hs consersed rAtiOns.ly using
excellent langusgs. sDd II accOsted on
.he street. would have been taken for
. Young man Of superior learning and in
cell ysnce The woman, wh) no dOuos Is
slightly dsranged told the following story.
She ost her husband and son A. s.. Louis
many wears ago. moved here and began
Keeping house for her brother. Flynn, aud
this bOy. tEen a cbud This was twenty
years ax0. Flynn took 20 the house and
became complete hermit She
believed him crszy. Several months
sx3 be pur 0o = pair OF German socks
and refused to change them. bis feet be-
coming affected aud nearly rotung. Sue
was forced % allow the oiicers % take hIm
o41 fhs house Shs says he did not go
our docs for twenty years I'll Monday last.
Whsu faksn Ont cy force. About zen years
so she says Lawrence Donahue burs. q
vessel n b.s head. afsctiag bis ersiu ana
for fear tha authorities w0uit send him to
IN asvium she saat him up IN the house
from which be has never passed for a
moment She said he was crazy.
bar ths sou stont.7 denied the charge say
ing he bad heart disease. she Saws a good
dea. 81 me time ne has been beJ ridden OK
heart disease.
Then from the son own lbs the story Of
rs wasted life vas hsart. He SAID. There
g. nothing Strsrze IN mg fts. Ever since
We built tbs ehmBev-tAat vas ten years
a-n. and then seem 90 da.s everything
from fhsf event. lave been sick A good
dead OF the time IN os,i. Ny trouoie was
Hrst burstad bios. vessel IN Jae head
For three or four Years ny head
troubled me- = good deal snd then my heart
commenced to psip piiate. I had frequent
f8inunz spells don know how old
am. Ne. & haven't been 0gt doors since TIE
vesr We buiis fhe chimney. and don want
O. 70 out Mogher vNss ou me al the
nue Iou re- the trst mao I've spoken
with since hat period. : em not crazy bit
sick Before 4 VII BE- taxsn o1t doors
VI conimt murier. and ysg may tell the
cfiiceFs 80. look AZ re. STRENGTHENING
himself up % his fan height DO y0u
think they dare try itf
In answer 20 inquiries be sail hs aid not
know 81 here ttc posto.iiCa wa. had never
seen che ierot here and knew nothing about
the town. only what hs co1l8 see from the
rear chamber window. He never commit
ted snv crime and vas not ashamed to 80
cnt bat vas afraid he woo.d fall down n 4
faint re resd az the time. He savs he
VIII suend The balance of his days IN the
hnuse
Aher tie interview the reporter Wa
shown. 81 over the house. from cellar co
garrst twas 'ound clean and apparently
hstsfan'e. They are terribly mad At sac
press The cid woman solemniv declared
shs had rrononrcei her curse oh the
Masie }ss1r,si of this citv.
IRE reporter wss convinced Of Two things
that the 1It woman = dersnged and thai
tbe son is victim ~ nsmeiess practices
which is surely killing him
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